Dr. Adrienne Cassata, an optometrist at Fichte Endl & Elmer Eyecare, sorts donated eyeglasses that she will take with her on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic in January.

Grand Islander Dr. Adrienne
Cassata, an optometrist with Fichte Endl & Elmer Eyecare, will take her
skills and experience to benefit the less fortunate when she travels on a
medical mission to the Dominican Republic this month.

The staff and technicians at both
Fichte Endl & Elmer Eyecare's offices in Amherst and Niagara Falls have
been busy for months collecting donated eyeglasses for Cassata to take on her
trip. The glasses have been cleaned and adjusted, the prescription has been
read, and each pair has been filed for distribution. Thousands of glasses were
collected over the past year in preparation for the mission.

Cassata will be going with her
church, The Chapel, on what she considers a life-changing adventure. Once in
the Dominican Republic, she will distribute the glasses, do eye exams and help
wherever she can.